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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
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CHAPTER 12
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Jesus gives the parable of the wicked husbandmen—He speaks of paying taxes, celestial marriage, the two great commandments, the divine Sonship of Christ, and the widow’s mites.
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And</span> he began to speak unto them by parables.  A <i>certain</i> man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about <i>it,</i> and digged <i>a place for</i> the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
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And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
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And they caught <i>him,</i> and beat him, and sent <i>him</i> away empty.
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And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded <i>him</i> in the head, and sent <i>him</i> away shamefully handled.
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And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
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Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
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But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
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And they took him, and killed <i>him,</i> and cast <i>him</i> out of the vineyard.
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What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do?  he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">vineyard</a> unto others.
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And have ye not read this scripture; The <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cornerstone.">stone</a> which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
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This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
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And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
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&#182; And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 22: 15 (15-22); Luke 11: 54 (53-54); Luke 20: 20 (19-26).">catch</a> him in <i>his</i> words.
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And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
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Shall we give, or shall we not give?  But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Test, Try, Prove.">tempt</a> ye me?  bring me a penny, that I may see <i>it.</i>
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And they brought <i>it.</i>  And he saith unto them, Whose <i>is</i> this image and superscription?  And they said unto him, Caesar’s.
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And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.  And they marvelled at him.
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&#182; Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
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Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave <i>his</i> wife <i>behind him,</i> and leave no children, that his <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 25: 5; Matt. 22: 24; Luke 20: 28.">brother</a> should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
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Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
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And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
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And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
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In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them?  for the seven had her to wife.
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And Jesus answering said unto them, <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/24a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Mark 12: 28  . . .  Ye do err therefore, because ye know not, and understand not the scriptures  . . .">Do</a> ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
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For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/25a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Marriage.">marry</a>, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
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And as touching the dead, that they <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Resurrection.">rise</a>: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/12/26b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Manifestations of.">spake</a> unto him, saying, I <i>am</i> the <sup>c</sup><a href="mark/12/26c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 6.">God</a> of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
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<sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/27a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Mark 12: 32 He is not therefore the God of the dead, but the God of the living; for he raiseth them up out of their graves. Ye therefore  . . .">He</a> is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
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&#182; And one of the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scribes.">scribes</a> came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
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And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments <i>is,</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 6: 4.">Hear</a>, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
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And thou shalt <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 6: 5.">love</a> the Lord thy God with all thy <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/12/30b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Commitment.">heart</a>, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy <sup>c</sup><a href="mark/12/30c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Strength.">strength</a>: this <i>is</i> the first commandment.
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And the second <i>is</i> like, <i>namely</i> this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.  There is none other commandment greater than these.
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And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
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And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love <i>his</i> neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/33a" mark="a" type="C" title="Matt. 22: 40 (15-40); TG Sacrifice.">offerings</a> and sacrifices.
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And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.  And no man after that durst ask him <i>any question.</i>
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&#182; And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
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For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/36a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 110: 1."><span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span></a> said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he <i>then</i> his son?  And the common people heard him gladly.
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&#182; And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/38a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pride.">scribes</a>, which love to go in long clothing, and <i>love</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/12/38b" mark="b" type="A" title="John 12: 43 (42-43).">salutations</a> in the marketplaces,
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And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
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Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/40a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Damnation.">damnation</a>.
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&#182; And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
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And there came a certain <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/42a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Poor.">poor</a> widow, and she threw in two <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/12/42b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 16: 17.">mites</a>, which make a farthing.
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And he called <i>unto him</i> his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/43a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Almsgiving.">poor</a> widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
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For all <i>they</i> did cast in of their <sup>a</sup><a href="mark/12/44a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">abundance</a>; but she of her <sup>b</sup><a href="mark/12/44b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Cor. 8: 2 (2-12).">want</a> did <sup>c</sup><a href="mark/12/44c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 4: 24 (16-27).">cast</a> in <sup>d</sup><a href="mark/12/44d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Generosity.">all</a> that she had, <i>even</i> all her living.
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